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     <td valign=top><big><b class="mainheading">Platforms</b></big></td>
     <td valign=top align=left colspan=2>OS7-9.x, OSX</td>
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     <td valign=top><big><b class="mainheading">About the<br>Browser</b></big></td>
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     <td valign=top><big><b class="mainheading">Browser<br>Timelines</b></big></td>
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     <td align=left><big><b class="mainheading">Version</b></big></td>
     <td align=left><big><b class="mainheading">Released</b></big></td>
     <td align=left><big><b class="mainheading">Features</b></big></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">2.0</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">Apr. 1996</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">2.0.1</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">May. 1996</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">2.1B1</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">Jul. 1996</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">2.1</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">Sep. 1996</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">3.0B1</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">Nov. 1996</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">3.0</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">Jan. 1997</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">3.0a</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">Feb. 1997</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">3.01</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">May. 1997</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">Aug. 1997</b></td>
     <td align=left><b class="alert">IE becomes the default browser on MacOS after 
         Microsoft invests $150 million in Apple.</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">4.0B1</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">Jul. 1997</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">4.0B2</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">Nov. 1997</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">4.0</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">Jan. 1998</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">4.01</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">May. 1998</b></td>
     <td align=left>Last 68k version of Mac IE.</td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">4.5</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">Jan. 1999</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">5.0</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">Mar. 2000</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">5.0sr1</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">Sep. 2001</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">5.1</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">Nov. 2001</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">5.1.2</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">Nov. 2001</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">5.1.4</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">Jan. 2002</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">5.1.5</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">Jun. 2002</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="subheading">5.2.1</b></td>
     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">Jul. 2002</b></td>
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     <td valign=top><b class="l3heading">Jun. 2003</b></td>
     <td align=left><b class="alert">Microsoft announces that development on new 
     versions of Mac IE will be halted except for bug-fixing on 5.x. One of the 
     stated reasons for this move is the claim that Microsoft won't be able to 
     compete with the work that Apple is doing on its own Safari browser (first 
     version final release also announced in June 2003), citing Safari's potential  
     for having greater integration with the OS than Microsoft could achieve.</b></td>
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